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World Cup special offer from Find My Past

Here’s a special offer from Find My Past for all family historians who don’t want to watch the World Cup.

The subscription/pay-per-view website Find My Past has issued this announcement: “The World Cup is now upon us and we thought it would only be fair to provide some entertainment for any non-football fans out there. Whenever England play a match, you’ll be able to access all our records for free!*

“What you need to know about this fantastic offer:

When England play, you don’t pay. 30 minutes before each England game kicks off, all the records on findmypast.co.uk will be free to view for 3 hours.

You can view original images and transcriptions of all our records for free including birth, marriage and death records 1538-2006, census records including the 1911 census and our Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 – to name just a few.

Normally you would need a subscription or PayAsYouGo credits to view our records – some of which normally cost 30 credits each – so to be able to see them for free is a rare opportunity.

Keep an eye on our blog for a competition question to enter during each England match. You’ll need to answer all the questions correctly for a chance to win, so make sure you don’t miss any. The prize is a goodie bag containing a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription plus much more.

“All you need to do to make use of this unique offer is register on findmypast.co.uk as you’ll need to sign in to view the records. Visit our World Cup page for more information.

“If you need a helping hand with your research, take a look at our video tutorials or our ‘Getting Started’ page which provide clear advice on how to use our records. We’d love to hear about any discoveries you make while our records are free to view – post anything you’d like to share with us and our readers on our Facebook page.

“Please pass this on to friends, family or anyone else you think might want to make the most of our free family history records.”

*All records available using our Full subscription (including the 1911 Census) will be free. Living Relatives searches and Memorial scrolls are not included.